Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-08
GENERAL NEWS.

A tree fell and killed John Martin
near Hannibal, Mo.
Fort Smith, Ark, is enjoying a
great real estate boom.
President Cleveland has signed the
st. Louis bridge bill.
Chandler j. Wells, ex-mayor of
Buffalo, N. Y, is dead.
Hastings, Neb, has experienced
great fire. Loss, 100000.
Fire destroyed the Bohannon dis
tillery near Lebanon, Mo.
A block of seven buildings was de-
stroyed by fire at Hurley, Wis.
John O'Neil, the convicted enbez-
zler has not yet been sentenced.
The bogus Sir Roger Tichborne has
been sent to prison for five years.
Frank S. Lee committed suicide at
New York on account of ill-health.
Miss Mary Stewart was burned to
death at her home, near jefferson
City.
j. Finley lIoke, the Peoria bank
forger, was safely lodged in Jail at
that place yesterday.
james Davis, recently of ST. Louis,
was shot and instantly killed at ST.
Petersburg, Pa, by David King.
Charles Talbot the hotel clerk, was
captured In Kansas City and Fanny
Davenport's diamonds recovered.
Neal and Bill Robinson, father and
son, quarreled at Paris, Mo, and the
father killed the son.
Coles county, Illinois, is agiiated
over the discovery of election frauds
committed by the Republicans.
j. II. Wright of Missouri has been
nominated TO be chief-justice of the
supreme court of Arizona territory.
1t is said that the Burlington sys-
tenn of railways is making prepara-
tons to do its own express business.
a child of a man named Bowers of
Richmond, Mo, was killed last week
by the accidental discharge of gun.
Northern Pacific advices do moi con-
firm thereports of heavy losses among
cattle among the mountain ranches
of the Northwest.
Henry Schwartz has been held
without bail as an accessory TO the
Rock Island robbery and murder of
Express Messenger Nichols.
An obstruction placed Oh the track
of the Panhandle road. near Coshoc-
ton, O, derailed The limited express,
but no one was injured.
A sensational report comes from
Washington to the effect that II
scheme is on foot among silver men
to impcach Secretary Manning.
Willie Beckholiz, living near Sioux
City, 10, pointed loaded gun at
Flora Lambertson, 10 years old. 1t
went of aAd killed the girl.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the Eastern and Western as
sociations of Window Glass manu-.
facturers will hereafter act in unison. |
Nine. Fursch- Madi, the prima DON
ma, has sued Charles E. Locke, mana
ger of the National Opera Company,
for So, 100 unpaid salary.
Breslau, Long Island, is excited
over the discovery of the murdered
bodies of a man and woman in
house in the backwoods near that
place.
G. O. Delmoe, a farmer, shot him
self near Sioux Falls, Oak, and
while an inquest was being held his
mother died of poison, supposed to
haye been administered by him.
Reports from Evansville, Ind, and
other Ohio river points are 10 the
effect that the water is rising rapidly
and that the low lands in many
places are submerged. Several cas-
ualties have been reported.
Attorney. General Garland told the
President that he could only think of
two men qualified to serve on the in
commerce commission. One
Of these, he said, is Senator Cockrell,
and the other is the President him
self.